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Japan Quake Disruptions Continue
KickingTiresAutomakers on both sides of the Pacific Ocean are still feeling the impact of the Japanese earthquake from earlier this month. Japanese companies like Toyota and Honda that previously had stated their North American operations wouldn???t be impacted are...Tags: USA Today, Earthquakes, Colorado, Disasters and Accidents, Japan
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Midwest Gas Prices Spike Overnight
KickingTiresMemorial Day came and went, and with it went lower gas prices for many in the Midwest. Overnight, gas stations around Chicago and Indianapolis raised prices significantly. In Elgin, Ill., a Chicago suburb, prices rose 40 cents in 24 hours,......Tags: Downstream Oil and Gas Activities, Memorial Day, Cincinnati (Hamilton, Ohio), Joliet, WGN
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Top 20 Cities with the Most Drunken Drivers
KickingTiresIn 2008, 11,773 people were killed in alcohol-related crashes, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. To prevent or curtail drunken-driving fatalities, nearly 1.43 million drivers were arrested in 2007 on suspicion of driving...Tags: Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Detroit
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Study Rates 50 U.S. Cities for EV Readiness
KickingTiresA new study rated 50 major metropolitan markets for plug-in electric vehicle readiness, and the leaders include some of the usual suspects ??? and some unexpected ones. The report was prepared by management consulting firm Roland Berger in partnership...Tags: Portland (Middlesex, Connecticut), Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Louisville, Energy, Houston
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Obama's sweet talk is a tale of pie
The Swampby Jill Zuckman This is a story about pie. Except that it's a little bit like a fish tale. With each retelling, the story gets a bit more dramatic. Sen. Barack Obama likes pie. Over the last three days of......Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Ted Strickland, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Georgetown, Executive Branch
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McCain unsurprised by Powell Obama nod
The Swamp(AP Photo/FOX News Sunday, Gary Gardiner) by Frank James Sen. John McCain, appearing on Fox News Channel this morning, responded to Gen. Colin Powell's nationally televised endorsement this morning Sen. Barack Obama for president. Powell's was a coveted...Tags: Polls, Abraham Lincoln, Drug Trafficking, Treaties, Maine
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Obama: 'Signed, sealed, delivered?'
The Swampby Mark Silva Campaign rallies open and close with inspirational songs. But what happens when the lyrics actually take on a meaning? "Signed, Sealed, Delivered'' -- the Stevie Wonder classic -- played at the close of Michelle Obama's rally in......Tags: George W. Bush, Kenny Loggins, Dolly Parton, Stevie Wonder, Music
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Swamp Sunrise
The SwampGood morning. Here are a few Washington events of note for Friday, October 31, Halloween. It's the final weekend of the race for the White House. Republican John McCain is making four stops in the battleground state of Ohio, in......Tags: Iowa, Halloween, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Barack Obama, John McCain
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Michelle Obama offers more than a kiss
The SwampMichelle Obama waves at the crowd during a rally at the Ohio Statehouse, Sunday, Nov, 2, 2008, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Terry Gilliam) by John McCormick COLUMBUS, Ohio - If you are on the brink of the biggest day......Tags: Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Ohio, White House
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Obama will meet press Wednesday?
The SwampSen. Barack Obama a rally outside Ohio's statehouse in Columbus, Ohio on Sunday, November 2, 2008. ( Chicago Tribune photo by Zbigniew Bzdak) by John McCormick, updated SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- As he boarded his campaign plane here this morning,......Tags: U.S. Presidential Election (2008), Barack Obama, Ohio
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Video: Why do Americans have to wait 6 hours to vote?
Spin CycleA group called Video the Vote has been staking out early voting sites around the country and posting videos. Eight years after the mess in Florida, voting apparently remains a second-class right. Here's two guys in Columbus, OH, who had......Tags: El Paso County (Colorado), Florida, El Paso
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Stimulus: Signed
Spin CycleObama signs the stimulus bill after a ceremony in Denver that features a solar panel entrepreneur who says his business and industry will be revolutionized by the package. Obama presents it as a great leap into the future that will......Tags: Colorado, Unemployment, Mark Udall, Democratic Party, State Budgets
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